Trump Hits Pause On Trade War.

[The Sage of Main Street]

‘Nowhere on Earth Is safe’: Trump Imposes Tariffs on Uninhabited Islands Near Antarctica.​

Trump imposes tariffs on uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands near Antarctica

Australian prime minister surprised after remote external territories – including islands home to penguins – targeted by US president

www.theguardian.com

A group of barren, uninhabited volcanic islands near Antarctica, covered in glaciers and home to penguins, has been swept up in Donald Trump’s trade war, as the US president hit them with a 10% tariff on goods.

Heard Island and McDonald Islands, which form an external territory of Australia, are among the remotest places on Earth, accessible only via a two-week boat voyage from Perth on Australia’s west coast. They are completely uninhabited, with the last visit from people believed to be nearly 10 years ago.

Nevertheless, Heard and McDonald islands featured in a list released by the White House of “countries” that would have new trade tariffs imposed.

The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said on Thursday: “Nowhere on Earth is safe.”

1492 Ran Out of Steam When Antarctica Was Shut Off

Nobody is allowed to talk about Antarctica, except in silly references to penguins. It has more potential and increasingly accessible wealth than any other continent. But the Globalist ruling birthclasses are preventing us from any development of it whatsoever. The guillotine-fodder got theirs; letting the rest of us get ours frightens them.

 

[yidnar]

President Donald Trump reversed course in the global trade war he launched just a week ago, announcing in a social media post a 90-day pause on new tariffs against every country but China.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/09/trump-pauses-tariffs-00281494

That came just hours after Trump urged the country to “BE COOL” in another post that came amid continued worldwide chaos, with China and the European Union hitting back and the financial fallout spreading to bond markets.

As he halted his broader tariff program amid rising recession fears, Trump ratcheted up tariffs against China to 125 percent, based, he wrote, “on the lack of respect that China has shown to the World’s Markets.”

In essence, he blinked. He created a five-star shit show and will have to find a way to unfuck what he has done.

the 10% tariffs are still in place moron .. he's offering a carrot in the show of good faith to the nearly one hundred countries that have expressed their desire to make batter trade deals with the US !

 

[yidnar]

In fact I do, on the other hand, Felon47 created a worldwide shit show for no other reason than to do it. The Dow and S&P are down. He is NOT negotiating, he is destroying the world economy because he wants to.

 

[1srelluc]

OP (and China) got played and he is mad.

 

[TimFitz]

You really don't understand financial negotiation, do you?

It’s a poor negotiating strategy.

First of all, not one country trusts Donald Trump.

They know his word, and thus our word, is worthless.

Why negotiate with someone like that?

BTW, it was Hitler’s negotiating style.

 

[0311]

Another thread from the MSm almost exactly the same as all the others


God you're stupid

The story is true. You just don't like it

 

[SweetTea]

He was not negotiating before, but he may have to now. But we have A NEW ACTIVITY. THE TRUMP LIMBO. HOW LOW CAN HE GO.

Donald Trump's approval rating collapses

Polls show many voters are dissatisfied with the president's handling of the economy and disapprove of tariffs.

www.newsweek.com

Wanna make a bet that we end up with tariffs that are more in favor of the US than before? That was the point you know.

 

[SweetTea]

It’s a poor negotiating strategy.

First of all, not one country trusts Donald Trump.

They know his word, and thus our word, is worthless.

Why negotiate with someone like that?

BTW, it was Hitler’s negotiating style.

Sorry, but in the real world, you can't just say pretty please and expect compliance. It doesn't work that way.

They will negotiate because they must negotiate. We are in a position of strength, despite what US bashing liberals are always spouting.

 

[braalian]

Maybe all the countries that are ready to negotiate have something to do with it?

If only “all those countries” actually included the large trading partners that actually matter.

Without the EU and China clung to the table, none of the other countries matter

 

[0311]

Trump Limits Tariffs On Most Nations For Ninety Day's Except China.

https://fox59.com/news/national-world/trump-announces-90-day-pause-on-tariffs-raises-taxes-on-chinese-imports/

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a global market meltdown, President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly backed off his tariffs on most nations for 90 days even as he further jacked up the tax rate on Chinese imports to 125%.

https://fox59.com/news/national-world/trump-announces-90-day-pause-on-tariffs-raises-taxes-on-chinese-imports/

It was seemingly an attempt to narrow what had been an unprecedented trade war between the U.S. and most of the world to a showdown between the U.S. and China. The S&P 500 stock index jumped 9.5% after the announcement, but the drama over Trump’s tariffs is far from over as the administration prepares to engage in country-by-country negotiations. In the meantime, countries subject to the pause will now be tariffed at 10%.

As stocks and bonds sold off, voters were watching their retirement savings dwindle and businesses warned of worse than expected sales and rising prices, all a possible gut punch to a country that sent Trump back to the White House last year on the promise of combatting inflation.

 

[JGalt]

OP (and China) got played and he is mad.

I've started referring to the China apologists on here as "Panda-Huggers."

 

[1srelluc]

I've started referring to the China apologists on here as "Panda-Huggers."

I don't know man.....Did you know that over 100 million people have watched those Giant Panda-Cams at the national zoo?

Giant Panda Cam

Watch the giant pandas at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo starting in January 2025.

nationalzoo.si.edu

Why do you hate children?

 

[JGalt]

I don't know man.....Did you know that over 100 million people have watched those Giant Panda-Cams at the national zoo?

Giant Panda Cam

Watch the giant pandas at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo starting in January 2025.

nationalzoo.si.edu

Why do you hate children?

I hate pandas as much as I do polar bears. Pandas are so stupid the zookeepers have to teach them how to ****. They usually give up and end up using a turkey baster to get them pregnant.

That's why the damned things are almost extinct.

 

[yidnar]

It’s a poor negotiating strategy.

First of all, not one country trusts Donald Trump.

They know his word, and thus our word, is worthless.

Why negotiate with someone like that?

BTW, it was Hitler’s negotiating style.

tell that to them when they are signing Trumps trade deals for the next 3 months ..

 

[Doc7505]

He was not negotiating before, but he may have to now. But we have A NEW ACTIVITY. THE TRUMP LIMBO. HOW LOW CAN HE GO.

Donald Trump's approval rating collapses

Polls show many voters are dissatisfied with the president's handling of the economy and disapprove of tariffs.

www.newsweek.com

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No matter what the polls have said today. Trump's approval rating is higher than Biden's eben at his best and far better than Chuckie Schumer's that's held steady at 27%.

Biden Job Approval Second Lowest Among Post-WWII Presidents

Joe Biden's last job approval rating as president is 40%. His 42.2% average for his term is the second lowest in Gallup records.

news.gallup.com

 

[frigidweirdo]

You really don't understand financial negotiation, do you?

Does Trump? He thinks this is business where the other guys are weak and he's strong because he has lots of money and can screw everyone over.

It's not.

He's attacking China, but also making his allies think that Trump is a complete dick. Everyone is moving away from the US.

Which means... the dollar won't be the global currency and the US won't be able to project its power in the future. Meaning, the US will be much weaker and POORER.

 

[buttercup]

 

[Lesh]

Maybe all the countries that are ready to negotiate have something to do with it?

The bond market tanking is what “I had to do with it”

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

I hate pandas as much as I do polar bears. Pandas are so stupid the zookeepers have to teach them how to ****. They usually give up and end up using a turkey baster to get them pregnant.

That's why the damned things are almost extinct.

.

That's almost as stupid as left cultists.


.

 

[Zincwarrior]

In fact I do, on the other hand, Felon47 created a worldwide shit show for no other reason than to do it. The Dow and S&P are down. He is NOT negotiating, he is destroying the world economy because he wants to.

And...stock futures are way down again this morning.